New captain of Karnataka state, Mayank Aggarwal revisits his Ranji Trophy runs of 2017-18 as he prepares the state team for it.

Aggarwal says national-level selection will take care of itself if he can score loads of Ranji Trophy runs like he did.

He says he isn't focusing as much on a Test comeback as he is on emulating the kind of Ranji Trophy season he had in 2017-18.

In Ranji Trophy season 2017-18 he topped the charts with 1160 runs in 13 innings.

In his Karnataka captaincy, he has to lead the team in the Ranji Trophy, replacing his contemporary Manish Pandey.

Pandey was removed from the top job following a mediocre 2021-22 first-class season where Karnataka lost out in the quarter-finals.

Karnataka last won the Ranji Trophy in 2014-15 and have stumbled in the knockouts for three seasons in a row.

Aggarwal says he wants to create a good environment for the team to flourish.

He says, “Be disciplined. If we can do that, with the skillsets we have, the results will take care of itself. We are determined to win, there are no two ways about it. We want to win trophies for Karnataka."

Agarwal has experienced a slump in form over the past six months.

He's also been out of IPL franchise, Punjab Kings, whom he captained earlier this year.